» Florida and Eastern Kentucky have never met before on the gridiron.
» The Gators are 22-7 against unranked opponents under Muschamp and 13-5 against unranked SEC teams during his tenure after losing to LSU, Missouri and South Carolina – at home – this season.
» Florida had lost six-straight games against top 25 opponents until beating Georgia this season. UF is 5-13 against ranked opponents under Muschamp.
» Five of the Gators’ nine games this season have been decided by six points or fewer.

Florida
Well, Muschamp has already lost his job and the Gators are completely out of contention for a league crown, so there are only two things still at stake for Florida this season: pride and bowl eligibility. The Gators, despite all their problems, should have no problem beating the Colonels on Saturday, so the pride aspect will be determined by how they play in the game. Bowl eligibility will come automatically with a victory, and it will be a return to a postseason game for Florida after the program missed it in 2013 for the first time in 25 years. For as much vitriol as fans have flung about Muschamp, he is still a hometown guy who will be leading his hometown team for the last time in his hometown stadium. This will be a special occasion for all involved, and a victory would be great for both the head coach and the seniors not playing on Florida Field again.

Eastern Kentucky
The Gators have struggled in this game in recent years, going to the wire against Louisiana-Lafayette two years ago and actually falling to Georgia Southern in 2013. Therefore, Eastern Kentucky has to enter this contest feeling like it has a chance for a monumental upset of Florida. There is nothing truly on the line for an EKU, so they can put it all out there on the field against UF without needing to worry about consequences. It will be tough for the Colonels to pull the upset against a Gators team that has proven to have some strengths this season.

In these last two games WM’s gonna have to demonstrate he knows his way didn’t work and he’s no longer a one dimensional coach and can win games. Don’t know what he can do about lack of management ability, etc. Whatever openings he is approached about will require him to interview. The interviews will be intense. His agent better get him prepared to explain all the things “it’s all me” is about. I don’t see any top 25 team letting him within a mile of their offense.

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